Pipes and potions : testing the efficacy of European folk preparation methods for anticholinergic Solanaceae plants

Fatur, Karsten (avtor), Ravnikar, Matjaž (avtor), Fras, Vitjan (avtor), Kreft, Samo (avtor)

The present article sought to evaluate the efficiency of various folk preparation methods commonly used in Europe for employing anticholinergic Solanaceae plants. The study aimed to uncover which folk methods were effective for the extraction of the anticholinergic tropane alkaloids of these plants, atropine and scopolamine. The folk extractions that were tested sought to simulate the preparation of teas, cold-water infusions, unguents, tinctures, fortified wines, and smoking. All preparation types and a control were then put through an extraction process to see what amount of the alkaloids had been maintained. These extractions were then analysed using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Cold- and hot-water preparations, tinctures, and fortified wines all proved to be effective means of extracting atropine and scopolamine from plant material under conditions seen in folk usage. Smoking and the oil-based unguent, however, yielded no alkaloids, suggesting a lack of efficiency for these preparations, a problem with our methodology, or possible chemical changes and losses associated with the preparation procedure.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: Solanaceae, anticholinergic alkaloids, ethnobotany, traditional knowledge, ethnopharmacology
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FFA - Fakulteta za farmacijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: 12 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 11, iss. 1, art. 126
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-136752
• UDK: 547.94:615.322
• ISSN pri članku: 2223-7747
• DOI: 10.3390/plants11010126
• COBISS.SI-ID: 91864835
• Datum objave v RUL: 19.05.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Plants
• Skrajšan naslov: Plants
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 2223-7747
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523345433

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.
• Začetek licenciranja: 04.01.2022

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: Solanaceae, antiholinergični alkaloidi, etnobotanika, tradicionalno znanje, etnofarmakologija, zdravila naravnega izvora, alkaloidi

Projekti

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty